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Use Hen in VS Code

The VS Code extension provides a rich authoring experience for .hen files and can launch OpenAPI imports into new collections.

Install from the Marketplace​

Install Hen from the VS Code Marketplace

Open the marketplace listing in your browser, or search for Hen in VS Code's Extensions view.

What you get​

  • semantic highlighting for core Hen constructs
  • hover help for directives, response-path accessors, and typed schema validation with === in assertions or guards
  • context-aware completions for imports, request references, schema targets, auth or session names, and response roots
  • document links and go-to-definition for fragments and named references
  • continuous import diagnostics, including missing targets and cycles
  • command palette plus explorer or editor-title actions to import OpenAPI JSON and YAML specs through hen import
  • Hen file icons for .hen files